Bathory - Hammerheart
| Release date: | 16 April 1990 |
| Style: | Viking black metal |
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01. Shores In Flames
02. Valhalla
03. Baptised In Fire And Ice
04. Father To Son
05. Song To Hall Up High
06. Home Of Once Brave
07. One Rode To Asa Bay
08. Outro
Top 20 albums of 1990: 5
Top 200 albums of all time: 107
02. Valhalla
03. Baptised In Fire And Ice
04. Father To Son
05. Song To Hall Up High
06. Home Of Once Brave
07. One Rode To Asa Bay
08. Outro
Top 20 albums of 1990: 5
Top 200 albums of all time: 107
Guest review
Lyrics Produced by Boss & Quorthon
Recorded at Heavenshore Studio, Stockholm Sweden
Album cover design by Quorthon
Album cover painting by Sir Frank Dicksee
Album fold-up photo by Jörn Böhmer Olsen and Ralf Sörensen
Rating:
8.8
8.8
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Rating: 8.8 |
Often considered the first true Viking metal album, to this day it continues to be the standard by which all other albums in this sub-genre are judged. The music is grand, emotional, and epic while at the same time being very simple and straight-forward. It captures the essence of its subject material in a way that was unprecedented in heavy metal in the late 80's. And what I mean by that is even without the lyrics (dripping in Viking lore and Norse mythology as they are), you still get a huge sense of cold-shores, swift raids and smoke filled mead halls. Read more ›› |
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| musicalkaratekid Posts: 1506 |
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| NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889  |
Epic, majestic, powerful... This album leaves me speechless up to this day.
---- "And we are not who we think we are We are who we're afraid to be" - Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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| schlakt Posts: 81  |
My mind was fucking blown just hearing the first song! i think i will enjoy this album! 
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62001  |
Epic, one alum is like epic never ending road to Asa Bay, where Dragon ships stand mighty , I love this album, this is why I love Bathory, true epic album, but even Quorthon might play power metal or glam metal and be awesome, true Odinsson , true viking, good album, good epic music, good lyrics
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2246  |
A classic. Firm place in my all-time top 30, it always kept ever since. Funny, when talking to "the new generation" of black metal fans today, many guys have never heard of Bathory.
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